Yesterday, Brazilian soccer star Neymar transferred to French Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona for a record-breaking 222-million-euro transfer fee. The young striker hopes to bring PSG its first every Champions League title.

Most expensive transfer of all time Photo credit: Official PSG website/ Channel 2 News

After weeks of speculations, yesterday (Thursday), Brazilian soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior officially transferred to the French Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) from Barcelona. The young Brazilian signed a 5-year-contract, thus breaking the record for the most expensive soccer transfer of all times.

The Qatari-owned French team will pay Barcelona 222 million euros (approximately 263 million dollars) to release the player, more than double the record 105 million euros paid by Manchester United for Paul Pogba last year. Neymar’s salary will ‘only’ be 45 million euros per year (approximately 53 million dollars).

As revealed yesterday, the superstar decided to leave his team last month in order to disconnect from Lionel Messi, considered to be the greatest player of all time. Neymar wants to prove his sole leadership by stepping out of Messi’s shadow and leading PSG to their first ever Champions League title.